Long-writing Tasks: Writing a News Report

Writing a News Report Task: Write a news report on the next page based on the headline and picture below. • You will have to make up the facts and information to answer some or all of the following questions: Who? What? Where? When? Why? How? • You must relate your newspaper report to both the headline and the picture. Purpose and Audience: to report on an event for the readers of a newspaper Length: The lined space provided for your written work indicates the approximate length of the writing expected.

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Writing a News Report The Inverted Pyramid Most news stories are written in the inverted pyramid style. This means all the important information — most of the 5 W’s — can be found in the lead. Information and quotes are added according to their importance. The least important information can be found at the bottom of the story, or pyramid. Headline Lead Important Facts Facts

Strategies for a News Report Look closely at the picture and the headline. Think of an event that relates to them. Create interesting “facts” answering the questions: who, what , where, when, why and how Use quotations to make the report more interesting. Write in short paragraphs. Be sure your news report reflects the picture and headline or it will be scored much lower. Write your report in the third person (i.e. “he said,” not “I said”).